A few reflections on last week’s European Parliament Election results: · The results are broadly as expected, with the centre-right clear winners, the centre-left clear losers, and the extreme right and euro-sceptics doing well. · In comparing the sizes of the old groups with the current sizes of the new groups, the reduction of [...]
Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) Brian Cowen has re-confirmed that the ‘guarantees’ promised by EU leaders at the December summit “must be legally robust in order to reassure the public about the treaty”. He said: “Whilst I respect the fact that other member states do not wish to re-ratify the Lisbon Treaty, I made it clear [...]
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